Days after a Bengaluru woman faced harassment at the hands of an Ola auto driver, who not only hurled abuses at her but also slapped her, another incident from the Silicon Valley of India came to the fore. This time, an Uber driver snatched a woman’s phone and grabbed her hand over online payment.
What has happened?
According to the woman’s husband, she and a friend of hers booked an Uber auto from Whitefield to Bannerughatta Road around 9:30 pm and opted for online payment. After they boarded the auto, the driver insisted they switch to cash or UPI payment, but they were unable to do so.
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“She dropped her friend at her stop and reached our apartment gate and informed that payment was done through Uber Money and they couldn’t change it to cash,” the woman’s husband said.
The driver got furious at this, grabbed her hand and later snatched her phone. “Once she started moving towards the gate the auto driver just grabbed her hand and started arguing that money hadn’t reached him and so on. She kept explaining the payment was done and she even showed the screenshot that the payment had been made. The auto driver got very angry and snatched her phone, she shouted and called the guards,” the husband further added.
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The woman then called for help and neighbours turned up for help and the police were contacted. Even in the presence of the police, the driver refused to return her phone immediately, eventually giving it back after 30 minutes.
The woman and her husband then went to the police station and filed an FIR against the driver, following which he spent the night in the police station.
Take a look at the Reddit post here:
Posts from the bangalore community on Reddit
“Similar thing happened with me, I had selected card payment. After drop, auto guy started arguing with me saying his app shows cash payment. After arguing for 10 minutes straight, I realised he won’t leave unless I pay him, and since he also knows my home location I paid him. Immediately after paying him, I raised a ticket in uber saying I was double charged and uber refunded my amount. After that incident, I always select cash payment if booking a uber auto,” said an individual.
Another added, “No other city has even remotely close to the kind of horror stories that come out of this city on the services provided by Uber/Ola. In every other city/town, the primary concern with cab/auto drivers would be cancellation of rides after waiting, AC not being switched on or asking for cash rides. But never faced any harassment anytime. How is it that the local kannadigas driving these autos/cabs in Bangalore turn out to be such hooligans?”
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